1886:
Vicars tour his new sensation, 'Potiphar's Wife', in the provinces, including in Leeds and Liverpool.

1888:
Bukovac exhibits 'Suffer the Little Children' at the Paris Salon; it receives an Honourable Mention. It is bought by Vicars, brought to London, and sold to Samson Fox. Bukovac visits Fox in Harrogate for the first time.

1890:
Exhibits for the first time at the Royal Academy, a picture titled 'Woodbine'; later owned by Fox.

1891:
Bukovac's portraits of Samson Fox and his daughter Louise, painted the previous year in Harrogate, are his exhibits at the Paris Salon. In July he accepts the invitation of the LeDoux family, who own his 'Adam and Eve', to visit them in West Derby, Liverpool.

1892:
Bukovac marries. He spends his honeymoon in Liverpool, and paints 'Mrs LeDoux', full-length, shown at that year's Liverpool Autumn Exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery.

1893:
'Mrs LeDoux' shown at the Paris Salon. Bukovac leaves Paris and returns to his homeland, ending the period of his closest contact with the Fox and LeDoux families.